"How long, though?" Cougar asks again, driving home that point. He's the one being asked, really, so he's the one who's in the shock of it. "Before you ask? How long are you together, before you ask her this?" How long is a normal amount of time and is it Cougar's fault? Is he overreacting or is the one who thinks things are going too fast?

He can't stop thinking about it, not just because he's clearly made Jake uncomfortable with the whole thing.